Austin hosts international student visitors from Minnesota
Fifty eight foreign students from the University of Minnesota visit Austin for a weekend cultural exchange. They tour Lincoln and Shaw Schools, attend high school panels, and hear from local hosts and YWCA activities. They discuss education, employment, and social issues while sharing meals and an International Talent Show at St. Olaf Church.
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Austin
Johan Coetzee
Union of South Africa
Robert Lawson
Lincoln School
Therese Antoine
France
Tommy McFarlan
Therese
Tommy
Ray Wescott
Hirmat Salman
Lebanon
Laura Andrade
Brazil
Anna Marie Shoene
Germany
University of Minnesota
International
United States
Bainiah
Yvonne Chen
China
YWCA
Herald
Streverling Dairy
St. Olaf Hospital
Union
Hormel Institute
Manuel Carrera
St. Olaf Lutheran Church
Geraldine Rasmussen
Haukur Clausen
Iceland
Typhoon Rips Southern Formosa 181 Dead and Millions in Damage
Typhoon struck Southern Formosa causing 181 deaths and 974 injuries with about 12 million dollars in damage. Major hits were to U.S. and Nationalist bases at Tsoying and Kaohsiung with hundreds of buildings collapsed. Aid was fast-tracked as officials warned tolls could rise and relief funds were issued.
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Formosa
Taipeh
United States
Tsoying
Taiwan
Taipei
Urge Color in News Writing by AP editors
Boston report on the final session of the AP Managing Editors Association urging color ful interpretive writing to replace circumstantial stories in the television era. The group called for studies of AP reporting and reader news desires and warned teletypesetting may erode copy desks and foster uniform, regimented journalism.
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Boston
Associated Press Managing Editors Association
Norman E. Isaacs
Louisville (Ky
John E. Stempel
Indiana Daily Student
Bloomington
Ind
Stempel
Carl E. Lindstrom
Hartford (Conn) Times
Lindstrom
Associated Press
Japs to Bring Pacific War Dead Home
Japan announces an official party will visit nine Pacific islands to console war dead and arrange repatriation of bodies. The delegation departs in November under a U S agreement and will visit Marcus, Wake, Saipan, Tinian, Guam, Angaur, Peleliu, Iwo Jima and Parese Vela, with remains also to be returned from Ft Richardson Alaska and Okinawa.
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Tokyo
Japan
Pacific Islands
Foreign Ministry
United States
Marcus
Wake
Saipan
Tinian
Guam
Angaur
Pelelieu
Iwo Jima
Parese Vela
Ft. Richardson
Alaska
Okinawa
Link Costello to Tammany Hall Politics
New York reports Frank Costello tied to Tammany Hall as the boss per former district leader Daniel Neustein. He said Costello controlled nominations and the political underworld, while U.S. Attorney James McGranery sought a transcript of Crime Commission testimony amid other intercession claims involving Gov. Dewey and voting privileges cases.
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New York
Frank Costello
State Crime Commission
Manhattan
Democratic Organization
Tammany Hall
Tammany
Daniel Neustein
Coste
New York State Crime Commission
U. S. Atty
James P. McGranery
Armand Chankalian
U. S
Chankalian
Thomas E. Dewey
Thomas
Three-Finger Brown
Eisenhower aides ready for Truman meeting in Washington
Eisenhower’s advance team led by Sen. Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. and Joseph Dodge works privately to prepare for the Tuesday conference with President Truman. Lodge scans top secret information while Dodge focuses on the budget and defense issues as foreign policy and money matters top the agenda.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Truman
Massachusetts
Sen
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
Detroit
Joseph Dodge
Lodge
Bure Dodge
Senate
Lodge-Dodge
Dodge
Congress
White House
Woods May Order Drop in Meat Prices
Minneapolis price stabilizer Tighe Woods told a 250 member housewives group that if meat prices do not fall within ten days to two weeks he will issue an order to force a drop. He stressed OPS authority and defended government roles in curbing inflation amid criticism from Questioners.
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Minneapolis
Tighe Woods
Woods
O. B. Dahl
Franklin Cooperative Creamery
Onah Thurston
United States
Office of Price Stabilization
44 Die as Plane Hits Korean Peak
An Air Force C119 transport plane carrying 37 soldiers and seven crew crashed into a Korean mountain near Seoul. Forty-four Americans died with no survivors. search parties reported mangled remains and partially opened parachutes.
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Robert Tuckman
Seoul
Air Force
Japan
U. S
State Woman Injured in Train Pileup
The Manhattan Limited derailed eight of 12 cars west of Loudonville Ohio after colliding with an oncoming 97-car freight train. Five hurt two seriously. Millicent Dock 51 of Two Harbors Minnesota sustained a broken back and chest injuries. listed as fair at Mansfield General Hospital. Pennsylvania Railroad seeks cause as debris blocked tracks.
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Loudonville
Manhattan Limited
Ohio
Minnesota
Pennsylvania Railroad
Millicent Dock
Harbors
Minn
Mansfield General Hospital
30 Day Forecast Indicates Showers or Snow Across Nation
The Weather Bureau projects precipitation above average nationwide for the next 30 days, except the South Atlantic states and Northern Plains. Colder than normal temperatures are expected west of the Continental Divide and from the Great Lakes to New England.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
South Atlantic
Plains
Continental Divide
Great Lakes
New England
Professor Dave Bernard Openly Combines Art and War Role
Wichita born Dave Bernard a University of Wichita professor of art recalls his WWII service as a camouflage technician for the Army. He reflects on how military camouflage influenced his later artistic work and teaching.
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Wichita
Kan
Dave Bernard
University of Wichita
Tot Dies in Car and Truck Crash Near Minneapolis
A tractor trailer collision south of Minneapolis killed two month old Dennis Harris and injured his parents Blanche 19 and Dale 24. Also hospitalized were Dale Harris’s aunt 62 and cousin 38 with back injuries. The truck driver Bernard Moyen 32 of Fairmont was not hurt.
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Minneapolis
Dennis Harris
Dale Harris
Harris
Blanche
John Harris
Cokato
Clifford Harris
Rosemount
Bernard D. Moyen
Fairmont
Art
Rites at Slayton for Legislator Knutson
Funeral services will be held in Slayton for State Rep. Trigg H. Knutson 73 who died Friday from a heart ailment. He was reelected to his fourth term in the Shhesaaved House. Knutson previously ran a butcher shop and grocery in Slayton before retiring three years ago.
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Slayton
Minn
Trigg H. Knutson
Knutson
Shhesaaved
House of Representatives
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